Photos, videos show aftermath of New York subway shooting

According to local media reports, shots were fired at the 36th street station around 8:30 am local time. The morning rush hour attack left  wounded commuters bleeding on a train platform and police searching for the shooter.

Wounded commuters are given first aid after a shooting on a New York subway train on Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022. (Andrew Hinderaker/The New York Times)

Police on the scene after a shooting in a New York subway station on Tuesday morning, April 12, 2022. (Andrew Hinderaker/The New York Times)

According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated that the suspect who fled was a man wearing a construction vest and a gas mask, news agency AP reported.

New York City Transit workers arrive at subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP)

A photo from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station.

Law enforcement gather near the entrance to a subway stop in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Tuesday, April 12, 2022. (AP)

The shootings come as New York City has faced a spate a shootings and high-profile incidents in recent months, including on the city’s subways. One of the most shocking was in January when a woman was pushed to her death in front of a train by a stranger.

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